Page 12 University Daily Kansan. March 4. 1981
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Seniors honored as 'Hawks defeat OSU again
BY TRACEE HAMILTON Associate Sports Editor
There were 7,100 fans in Alain Field House last night, far below the usual Big Eight game-home crowd.
The other 8,000 fans who could have been there but weren't missed the time of their lives.
The Kansas Jayhawks earned a berth in the semi-finals of the Big Eight postseason tournament by beating the Oklahoma State Cowboys 96-69.
THE SCORE accurately reflects the tempo of the game—fast.
The Jayhawks jumped ahead early and led by as much as 15 at several points in the first half, largely because of the hot shotting game of 6-10 senior forward Art Housey. In the first half, he landed on the floor, 2-of-2 from the goal and grabbed 2 rebounds. He finished with 21 points and 15 rebounds.
"Art continues to improve," Head Coach Ted Owens said. "He's starting to put it all together. In retrospect, a redshirt would have been appropriate.
"He's got the skills and the desire to play basketball. I think he'll play far beyond
Housey, playing his last game in Allen Field House, was also pleased with his performance.
"I WAS READY to play tonight," he said. "I was hoping to get a chance to go out and play and to really show what I can do. I just appreciate the coaches giving me a chance to really play.
"That's one of my better performances as far as statistics."
Owens was concerned before the game about facing the Cowboys in consecutive games. The Jayhawks beat the Cowboys in Lawrence Saturday. 80-65.
"I was quite concerned about the game," he said. "They had an impressive year. They played the team, and they defeated Kansas in Miamian, that they play better than they did Saturday."
For that reason, among others, Owens stressed before the game the importance of a large crowd. But with Allen Field House less than half the crowd, he maintained with the quality, if not quantity, of the fans.
Several of the players agreed.
"I WAS NOT disappointed," he said. "They were very enthusiastic."
"It it's just well known that the postseason tournament doesn't draw," Tony Guy, 6-8 guard, said. "We knew we had to make it happen. We were psyched for it, we knew we had to put it and the people here got excited when they saw us fired up."
"As long as I've been here we've always had outstanding careers," John Crawford, 6-foot-8 senior center, said. "They were fired up and they had some problems; they gave them something to get fired up about."
The crowd got excited early by the quick tempo of the game. Oklahoma State's style of play this year has been run, run, run. Housey and playy was played not much different from Saturday.
"THEY PLAYED well, but, just as before, they can run us out and not realizing that we have people on the street."
"They didn't use any different tactics.
Basically it was just the same game over again.
They didn't do anything different. We just overpowered them."
KU's zone and its offensive prowess were part of that overpowering. Six Kijawashines finished in double figures. Houssey was top score with 21, and 6 & 4 senior guard Booty Neal gave his performance in the way everyone has come to expect—he can off the bench to score 20 points.
Darnell Valentine, 6-3 senior guard, scored 14 points despite sitting on the bench much of the first half after drawing three quick fouls, two on charging calls. Owens had praise for the way he
"OUR PLAYERS have confidence in Tony."
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he said. "Sometimes when you lose your best player the other guys concentrate better."
Guy responded to the added pressure by scoring 12 points and making six assists.
"I have to concentrate more on the other team (in Valentine's absence)," Guy said. "We have to pick up our emotional level. We just have to work with it." He also mentioned several other motivations. The team donned green ribbons at the request of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. The green ribbon is part of a national movement in support of the efforts to kill the killer or killers of 21 children in Atlanta, Georgia.
"They asked us if we'd wear them, and we were more than happy to," Owens said. "The ribbon has an inverted V on the end, which will up to a V for victory when the killer is caught."
The game was also the final home appearance for six Jayhawk seniors. Mark Knight, 6-4 guard, Neal, Crawford, Valentine, George Thompson, and Zachary Gardner before the game and all saw slaving time.
Owens made late-game substitutions for all the seniors, and they received standing ovations.
"I'm happy for the seniors," Owens said. "They started their careers with a conference championship. They've stayed together. They're going to have a good finish."
The Jayhawks improved their season record to 20-7, the 13th 20-victory season for KU, and the eighth for Owens. And Owens feels the record is higher now than it was before whether the Jayhawks win the conference or not.
"I believe, as I look at records, we should get great consideration," he said. "I believe that we will. We played a good schedule and have a fine record.
"However, if we go in and win two games, we will receive a bearer. The sure thing is if you win own team first."
JAYHAWK NOTES: In big Big Eight action, Colorado upset Nebraska in Lincoln, 70-68. Kaisa State downed Oklahoma State by the 95-69, 96-49, and Missouri defeated Iowa. 95-70.
Kansas will face Missouri at 7:06 p.m. Friday in Kemper Arena. Kansas State will meet
Three Jayhawk teams have won conference championships this year and they were honored at halftime of last night game. The KU men's track team took first place at the Big Eight Indoor Championships in Lincoln, Neb., this weekend. The KU women's swimming team won its eight straight conference title, also weekend, and the KU women's basketball team won its fourth straight Big Eight championship and will compete in the NBA championship iffirmed in 14-16. Each team and its coach presented its championship trophy to KU Athletic Director Bob Marcum.
KU Head Coach Ted Owens still hasn't stiffened his position on the current version of the Big Eight postseason tournament, Owen's plan would be to eliminate the eighth-place team, give the first-place team a first-round bye, and have the other six teams play on Thursday at 5,7 and 9 p.m. in a tripleheader at Kemper Arena. The three winners and the champion would advance to Friday night, and the championship would be played on Saturday.
"We would have sell-out crowds and more of a tournament atmosphere," Owens said. He was outvoted 1-7 on this plan by the other Big Eight coaches.
| MIN | MAX | WT | FT | REB | A | PF | T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Jacobs 26 | 18 | 4-10 | 0-4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Crenawhite 26 | 11 | 1-10 | 0-4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Comison 33 | 28 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Clark 28 | 18 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Hannon 19 | 16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Peterson 19 | 16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Wright 19 | 16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Wright 18 | 16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Wright 18 | 16 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Laingwood 13 | 6 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connelly 1 | 6 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connelly 1 | 6 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew 1 | 21 | 4-5 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Newbury 21 | 20 | 4-5 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Totals | 200 | 33-75 | 3-4 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 69 |
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KANADA
| MIN | FT | REB A | PF | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Magley 30 | 6-9 | 0-4 | 9 | 4 |
| Crawford 30 | 6-9 | 0-4 | 9 | 1 |
| Gawlion 36 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 15 | 2 |
| Guy 38 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 15 | 0 |
| Guy 38 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 2 | 12 |
| Nealine 23 | 7-13 | 0-6 | 6 | 2 |
| Mitchell 13 | 7-13 | 0-6 | 3 | 2 |
| Summers 2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Worrel 2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Worrel 2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Knight 1 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| Thompson 1 | 1 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 | 36-42 | 20-43 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 96 |
KU center Art Housie did a lot of things right in the Jayhawks' first-round tourney in Allen Field House, including this defense of a shot by Oklahoma State's Randy Wuest. Housie
OKLAHOMASTATE
Iba named Big 8 Coach of the Year
KANSAS CITY, MO. (UPI)—It's not a bad accomplishment to be named a coach of the year after holding that coaching position for one week.
But that's the feeling of satisfaction that Nebraska's head basketball coach, Moe Iba, must be experiencing now. Iba was named Big Ten Coach in the Year today by United Press International.
AUTHORITY
Officials: Dabrow and Weerns
Technical Fouls: none
Attendance: 7,100
Iba had been the acting head coach of the Huskers until last week, when he was officially named to that position. He was also named coach of the year last year, an honor he shared with the late Joe Cipriano, who died of cancer last November.
The Cornhuskers finished the regular season in a second-place tie with Kansas and Kansas State. Nebraska was knocked out of the Big Eight post season tournament last night by Colorado, 70-66, in the Bob Devaney Sports Center Arena in the first round of play.
Diaw won the coach of the year honors with 14 votes from UPI's selection panel of 24 writers and broadcasters Paul Hansen received the award. He is ranked State to its first winning record in years 11—18.9.
Kansas State forward Randy Reed was named Big Eight Newcomer of the Year by UPI yesterday. Reed scored 16.1 points a game and shot 60 percent from the field.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Office of the Chancellor
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Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni
Buchy, Stuart. Students and Alumni of the University of Kansas
Dear Friends:
I wanted to write to you with regard to concerns that have been raised recently among the students involved in the academic programs and the level of academic competence that are available to you.
The University of Kansas has a long and distinguished history of providing for all of its students and for the people of Kansas an academic institution which places its highest priority on the quality of the educational opportunities provided. The administration, the faculty, the alumni and the students share a common concern that all aspects of the program of the University reflect this priority. Academic excellence is, and will remain, the mutual goal of all members of the University community.
This commitment to the quality of the academic program extends to the opportunities that are made available to every student and to the responsibilities that must be fulfilled.
The student athlete is, above all, a student. To the extent that any dilution of the quality of the academic program may occur for an individual student, the University must scrutinize carefully whether the programs and policies of the University have contained inappropriate information to fail to commit himself or herself to the educational opportunities that were provided.
The members of the University of Kansas community are examining all aspects of the academic program to assure ourselves and the people of the State of Kansas that the integrity of a high-quality academic program is being maintained for all students, including student athletes. To this end, we have initiated the following efforts:
2. Established in the Fall of 1980 an athletic Academic Standard Review group to assist and advise the appropriate University officials in discharging the university's responsibilities for certification, eligibility, and other academic responsibilities placed on the institution by the NCAA, Big Eight Conference, and AIAW. This Board consists of a representative of the Athletic Department, a member of the Athletic Corporation Board, a representative of the faculty, a representative of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Registrar of the University. I am asking this group to review the concerns that have been raised.
Announced a Commission on the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, composed of faculty members, administrators, and students who will examine all aspects of the undergraduate programs and policies and recommend actions that will enhance the quality of undergraduate education. This Commission began its work in the fall semester of 1980, and is expected to submit an initial report at the end of the spring semester 1981.
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4. Determined that the University will cooperate with the Athletic Department in improving our communications with prospective student athletes about the academic opportunities available at the University. We firmly believe that a student athlete must be fully informed with regard to the priority placed on the academic programs at the University of Kansas before that student commits himself or herself to participation in the athletic programs of the University.
3. Required that the regular channels of the Schools and the College be utilized to assure that course selection, classroom requirements, and evaluation of performance are the same for student athletes as for all other students at the University of Kansas.
It is our hope that all of the above actions will serve to reinforce and enhance the ongoing quality of the academic program for all students at the University of Kansas.
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